A 60 frame mosaic of mostly black-and-white photos showing Voyager 1's view of the solar system as it sailed toward interstellar space. Color call outs show frames with Jupiter, Earth, Venus, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.

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1. Robert McNees (mcnees@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Sep-2023 18:30:46 UTC Robert McNees

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   The trajectory that gave Voyager 1 the best view of Titan (a mission priority) sent it out of the ecliptic and towards interstellar space.

   Ten years later, in 1990, Carl Sagan suggested that the probe should point its camera back at the solar system for a family portrait.

   The sixty frame mosaic captured by Voyager 1 on Valentine's Day of 1990 shows Jupiter, Earth, Venus, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.

   https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/galleries/images-voyager-took/solar-system-portrait/

   Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech